The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-05-31

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The only Offset to these advantages is
the trouble of walking to and from
the garden. the products of which are
as safe as they would be If they were
near the house.
Farmers generally make another
mistake In Understanding the amount
of manure required bys vegetable gar
den. They think that II land 10 made
rich enough 70 raise corn. potatoes and
small grains it will produce fine roots
and vegetables suitable for the table.
Msrket-gardeners, however, have as.
certained that very high manuring ia
essential to success in their business.
They find that excellence in vegetables
is largely tho result of rapid growth.
and that this is secured by the liberal
use of fertilizers. Many market-gar.
deners in the vicinity of our large cit
les annually apply stable manure to
their land at the rate Of seventy-fivs
cords per acre. II the land is very
sandy. as it is where vegetables are
raised for the New York market, it il
not an unusual thins to apply one
hundred cords Of manure to an acre OF
land. In addition to well-rotted stable
manure. gardeners use ashes. ground
bone and various commercial fertilizers.
This liberal application of manure re-
suits not only in the production Of very
large crops. but in producing veg
etables of very superior quality. Being
in all respects superior to those raised
on poor soil or brought from distance
they bring good prices.
Another very common mistake OF
farmers in the management of gardens
is planting the seeds of all kinds OF
vegetables at nearly the same time.
They know that wheat and oats should
be sown very early in the spring. and
that the planting of corn, beans and
pumpkins should be delayed until the
air and soil are warm, and il they con.
sidered the matter they would see the
necessity of making.a similar difference
in the time of planting their garden
seeds. But they are less interested in
garden than field crops. and do not OBJ
serve their habits so closely. As this
is the case they are likely to plant bush
beans, squsshes and melons at the
same time they do the seeds of onions
and vegetables raised for their roots.
Ordinarily the former are planted too
early. while the latter are planted quite
too late TO secure the best results.
Onions, like wheat and most other
small grains, must be matured in the
early part of the season, while most
roots require many months in which to
grow. The seeds of plants that origi-
mated in tropical countries, like beans
and melons, should not be placed in the
ground till it is quite warm.
The most general and the most fire.
quent mistake of farmers in the man.
agement of gardens is shown in neg
lecting them at the times when they
require close attention and care.
Work in the garden is often suspended
for weeks. during which period weeds
and grass get the start of the vegeta-
bles that were planted and keep it till
the close of the growing season. The
garden is generally neglected to such
an extent that it presents an unsightly
appearance during the season of Guilt
waiting corn. cutting grass for hay and
harvesting grain. II any work is done
in the garden at these periods it Is
when the soil in the fields is too dry to
work with the cultivator or the weather
is unfavorable for harvesting. Garden
crops are more likely to suffer from
neglect than field crops. Most garden
vegetables are very delicate in the ear
ly stages of their growth and require
timely attention. If they are neglected
when they first need care no amount of
subsequent attention will bring them
forward or cause them to be of good
quality. Chicago Times.